Author Archives: Bryan Chu

The year was 1993. Terry Donahue was the coach of a Bruin football team that traveled to Pullman and walked away with an easy victory. Two coaches, 12 years and hundreds of players later, the seniors on this year’s No. 12 Bruin squad are yearning for that one elusive win against the Cougars that they […]

The Bruins’ perfect record doesn’t indicate the glaring weakness that the team can’t shrug off. While UCLA may be undefeated and ranked No. 12 in the nation (AP), a three-digit number is still shining right at the Bruins. Giving up nearly 210 yards per game, UCLA is currently sitting at 105th in the nation in […]

When the Bruins needed something to happen, a spark when things seemed bleak, junior tailback Maurice Drew provided it. When there was a void, Drew filled it. He did it as a receiver, a punt returner and a running back. The junior did it all, and he needed every finger on his right hand to […]

There was no sugarcoating it this week in practice. Players and the coaching staff admitted it. No. 20 UCLA escaped last weekend against Washington. And if anything, it was yet another test for the Bruins. However, this Saturday’s showdown against No. 9 Cal proves to be the biggest test of the season. “The Oklahoma game […]

In a terse statement, running back Maurice Drew summed up the way he’s performed over the past two games. “I just haven’t been doing my job,” the junior from Concord said. “I take full responsibility for our team’s struggles.” Though the No. 20 Bruins (4-0, 1-0 Pac-10) have jumped off to their best start since […]

With his shoulders slumped, his back arched and arms limply crossed on the press table, UCLA coach Karl Dorrell looked beat. The third-year coach wasn’t his regal self the way he had been for the past two weeks, after an impressionable victory over then-ranked Oklahoma. Instead, he sat silently. It wasn’t the look of a […]